Re: What's QV30 ??[was: Re: RealMedia used for GUADEC live transmissions?

[Ciaran O'Riordan <ciaran member fsf org>]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 02:50:03PM -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 07:59:21PM +0100, Alan Cox was heard to remark:
> > > On the other hand, if there's no mature Free alternative, then the
> > > GU4DEC organisers would have to not allow people to view the talks over
> > > the internet at all. That's not productive either :-)
> > 
> > QV30 ?
> 
> I googled for "QV30 video", "QV30 linux", "QV30 codec"
> and got nothing but a few hits to Alan Cox emails ... ??
> 
> --linas

:) good question, I googled for "QV30" and just got casio cameras,
chinese websites, and porn(!).

A google for "QV30" and "gpl" shows that it's some kind of
videoconferencing codec.  A mailinglist post says that it
is "patented but free for GPL use".

Here's an Alan Cox post to lkml that confirms this:
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0205.3/0234.html
(relevent comment at the end)


ciaran
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